Day case anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A study of 51 consecutive patients

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 309-314

  Talwalkar, Sumedh ^a,b,d   Kambhampati, Sri ^a,c   De Villiers, Dennis ^a   Booth, Rosemary ^a   Stevenson, Andrew Lang ^a  

^a OLDCHURCH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WRIGHTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Quays   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; COCODAMOL; DICLOFENAC; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HEMARTHROSIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PATELLA TENDON; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21744440529     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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